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Wallace Michael Shawn (born November 12, 1943) is an American actor, playwright, essayist, and screenwriter. He is known for playing Vizzini in The Princess Bride (1987), Mr. Hall in Clueless (1995), and Rex in the Toy Story franchise (1995–present).
The 5'2" Jewish actor was born Wallace Michael Shawn into privilege on November 12, 1943 in New York City, as the son of Cecille (Lyon) (1906-2005), a journalist, and William Shawn (1907-1992), renowned and long-time editor of The New Yorker. His brother, Allen Shawn, went on to become a composer. Wallace was educated at both Harvard University ...
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Wallace Shawn. Actor: My Dinner with Andre. American character actor and playwright Wallace Shawn has one of those fun, delightfully mischievously gnomish faces made for entertaining. Though he got out of the acting starting gate rather late, he quickly excelled film and TV while managing to turn himself into comedy egghead or loser types. Woody Allen's slightly threatened character in the ...
- November 12, 1943
Mar 4, 2024 · Wallace Shawn, American playwright and character actor whose oft-surreal probing plays led some to call him the leading contemporary dramatist in the United States. His most well-known acting roles included Manhattan (1979), My Dinner with Andre (1981), The Princess Bride (1987), Clueless (1995), and Toy Story (1995).
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Though internationally renowned as a “character” actor in comedy roles, in real life Wallace Shawn ’65 acts deliberately, thoughtfully, and with a native New Yorker’s intensity. Both a playwright and stage actor, he has been one of the busiest performers in contemporary film and television, with no fewer than 135 credits since 1979 ...
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Oct 24, 2019 · An interview with Wallace Shawn about his role on ‘Young Sheldon,’ getting recognized by fans on the street for Clueless and The Princess Bride (and sometimes even My Dinner With Andre), and ...
Jul 19, 2021 · The tucked-away malice of the mannered is an abiding theme with Shawn, in his plays and also in his occasional prose. He’s always looking for, and duly finding, impunity on the part of the ...
